Soulcraft bikes, and the Dirtbomb in particular, have always been on my radar. Great to hear your positive experience with ordering as well as your love of the bike!
On Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 4:56:14 AM UTC-7, Chris in Redding, Ca. wrote: > > Hey All, > In Re Soulcraft, all I can say is that the results for me have been > tremendous. I can't say better than the alternatives because once you have > made a choice you no longer get to choose......so each choice precludes the > other choices and the outcomes associated with those choices. If GP had on > offer the Rodeo back then I may have chosen one of them. I wish he had > because I bet a Rodeo would be a winner for me. He didn't, and I was an > owner of a Rom, so I was aware of the possibilities. I looked around for > someone who would build a proper road machine out of steel. Sean (sp?) was > right there so I started the process. I found him to be very open. I did > ask about the tubing and got the answer he now puts on his website. > Regarding geometry we talked for a long time and he finally said 'what > would you do?'. I said 'square 55s and parallel 73s.' To which he said > something suggesting that he was hearing me. That talk ended but he called > back about a week later. He said those numbers will give you a lot of toe > overlap. No kidding I said. What would you do? I said slack the head angle. > He himmed and hawed and asked if he could find a different answer. Right > there is where I let go. > > Long and wonderful story cut short....I have never in my life better > enjoyed any bicycle as I have enjoyed my Royale. The Rom is a fat pig in > comparison (not a fair comparison). It ain't better, it's just freakin > wonderful. I wish it was more compliant......... but I love the way it > accelerates. And it goes down hill like it is on the rails, but the rails > of your choosing. Change your line in a corner and the bike does not get > upset. I never found it's limit, it found mine. Life is short. Two wheel > drifts down Diablo on misty mornings? Okie dokie. I know there is more > going on than the frameset....but Sean did his part, and in the end it was > his frame design, not mine. > > I'd get a Dirt Bomb in a heart beat....iffin I had the dough. > > Chris > Redding, Ca. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
